Table 4.
Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to EDPT and bed nets
| Characteristic |
Rubber |
Fishing |
Palm oil |
Others |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 105 | n = 54 | n =183 | n = 66 | n = 408 | |
| Knowledge of symptomsǂ | |||||
| Fever |
71 (67.6) |
42 (77.8) |
131 (71.6) |
45 (68.2) |
289 (70.8) |
| Chills & rigor |
89 (84.8) |
46 (85.2) |
146 (79.8) |
51 (77.3) |
332 (81.4) |
| Headache |
63 (60.0) |
17 (31.5) |
85 (46.4) |
36 (54.5) |
201 (49.3) |
| Knowledge for malaria confirmationǂ | |||||
| Confirmed by microscopy |
71 (67.6) |
25 (46.3) |
99 (54.1) |
42 (63.6) |
237 (58.1) |
| Confirmed by RDT |
65 (61.9) |
27 (50.0) |
117 (63.9) |
41 (62.1) |
250 (61.3) |
| Awareness of antimalarialdrugsǂ | |||||
| Chloroquine |
6 (5.7) |
4 (7.4) |
4 (2.2) |
3 (4.5) |
17 (4.2) |
| Artesunate |
20 (19.0) |
6 (11.1) |
29 (15.8) |
6 (9.1) |
61 (15.0) |
| Quinine |
4 (3.8) |
3 (5.6) |
5 (2.7) |
2 (3.0) |
14 (3.4) |
| Priority for ITNs/LLINsǂ | |||||
| Pregnant women |
69 (65.7) |
32 (59.3) |
116 (63.4) |
39 (59.1) |
256 (62.7) |
| Under five children |
97 (92.4) |
40 (74.1) |
167 (91.3) |
61 (92.4) |
365 (89.5) |
| Temporary migrant workers |
37 (35.2) |
11 (20.4) |
78 (42.6) |
25 (37.9) |
151 (37.0) |
| Perceived risk of malaria |
80 (76.2) |
40 (74.1) |
135 (73.8) |
43 (65.2) |
298 (73.0) |
| Perceived risk of non-compliance to full course of anti-malarialsǂ |
|
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| Parasites remained |
51 (48.6) |
20 (37.0) |
78 (42.6) |
24 (36.4) |
173 (42.4) |
| Febrile again |
76 (72.4) |
30 (55.6) |
119 (65.0) |
49 (74.2) |
274 (67.2) |
| Drug resistance |
13 (12.4) |
6 (11.1) |
11 (6.0) |
10 (15.2) |
40 (9.8) |
| Sought help from public facilities |
63 (60.0) |
21 (38.9) |
111(60.7) |
35 (53.0) |
230 (56.4) |
| Bed net use last night |
n = 371 |
n = 221 |
n = 665 |
n = 261 |
n = 1518 |
| Slept under ordinary net |
118 (31.8) |
86 (38.9) |
189 (28.4) |
107(41.0) |
500 (32.9) |
| Slept under ITN/LLIN |
208 (56.1) |
95 (43.0) |
419 (63.0) |
122 (46.7) |
844 (55.6) |
| To buy ITNs/LLINsǂ |
n = 105 |
n = 54 |
n =183 |
n = 66 |
n = 408 |
| Willingness |
95 (90.5) |
46 (85.2) |
164 (89.6) |
56 (84.8) |
361 (88.5) |
| |
n = 70 |
n = 30 |
n = 154 |
n = 40 |
n = 294 |
| Affordability | 46 (65.7) | 19 (63.3) | 80 (51.9) | 32 (80.0) | 177(60.2) |
Percentages shown in parentheses; ǂSingle item response.